There are reported CPU issues and stuttering in Gears of War 4.
There are reported CPU issues and stuttering in Gears of War 4.
I don’t have a photo to illustrate precisely, but I believe I can explain clearly. Sometimes while playing Gears of War 4, after about 30 minutes it begins to stutter, worsening over time until I can’t continue. Benchmark tests usually indicate 99% GPU usage, but during stuttering it drops to around 95%, suggesting CPU-bound performance. MSI Afterburner doesn’t show any CPU clock speed drops or usage spikes (stays near 30%). Restarting the game seems to resolve the problem. Have others experienced this? Would it be reasonable to attribute it to software issues rather than hardware problems?
When there are no changes in the PC such as temperature or power consumption and a quick restart doesn't help, it likely points to a software issue.
The game is quite unstable; reduce CPU strain by setting shadows to low and monitor single-core usage rather than checking all cores.